With the PCAN-MicroMod FD, the German company PEAK-System Technik has released a universal solution for the integration of a CAN FD interface and I/O functionality into custom hardware. Developers can plug the CPU module into their motherboard and configure it with the PCAN-MicroMod FD Configuration Windows software included in the scope of supply.

Specialist in classical CAN and modern CAN FD, PEAK-System, will present its latest products at embedded world 2019. Exhibition visitors can take a look at the PCAN-MiniDiag FD, which was released at the end of January 2019, and the new PCAN-MicroMod FD product series, which will be released after the exhibition.

It has been announced by PEAK-System that they have launched a compact USB adapter, called PLIN-USB, for connecting a computer to a LIN network. The adapter supports the LIN protocol according to ISO 17987 and complies to all LIN specifications up to version 2.2.

Available now as single, dual, and four-channel version, from PEAK-System, is the PCAN-PCI/104-Express FD. Up to four cards can be stacked for access to CAN and CAN FD networks. The connection to the CAN bus is made via the D-Sub slot brackets included in the delivery. Stack-through connectors for the PCI bus are supplied on request.

In cooperation with PEAK-System, the German company Embedded Systems Academy (EmSA) from Barsinghausen has published the self-configuring CANopen Controller Library for host applications and control programs that supports all CAN interfaces of the PCAN series. 

It has been announced that PEAK-System, German manufacturer of hardware and software for the CAN and LIN fieldbuses and pioneer in the introduction of the new CAN FD standard, is expanding its worldwide distributor network to include Switzerland and Israel. 

PEAK-System Technik, manufacturer of hardware and software for CAN, CAN FD, and LIN applications, have showcased new and upcoming products, originally exhibited at embedded world 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany. 

The connection of CAN buses via IP networks is enabled by the PCAN-Gateway product family from PEAK-System, the CAN messages are packed as data in TCP or UDP messages and forwarded via an IP network. 

PEAK-System extends its CAN FD range and continues the series of the PCAN-PCI Express FD with a four-channel version. This allows computers with PCI Express slots to be integrated into CAN FD and CAN networks. The two additional CAN connections three and four can be easily connected to the two-channel slot bracket included in the scope of supply via flat-ribbon cables.

With the new PCAN-Diag FD, PEAK-System is launching a mobile and low-priced solution for the analysis and error diagnosis of CAN and CAN FD networks. Thanks to the handheld, diagnostics on the protocol and physical level are possible, such as symbolic representations of incoming messages, recording and playback, measurement of the bus load or the termination.

PEAK-System has extended the development package PCAN-Developer and the included PCAN-API programming interface with CAN FD. Therefore Windows applications can now be created with CAN and CAN FD connections. Specifically, the API provides extensive programme libraries via 32-bit and 64-bit interface DLLs, as well as header files and sample projects for the programming languages C, C++, and Delphi. In the near future,.NET-compatible languages such...

After the PCAN-USB X6 with D-Sub connectors, PEAK-System brings new versions of the CAN FD adapter on the market and reacts to the growing demand for circular connectors. The PCAN-USB X6 with M12 circular connectors is the company's first CAN FD interface for use in harsh environments.

A simple possibility of implementing CAN FD in custom hardware designs is now offered by PEAK-System with the stamp module PCAN-Chip USB. The connection to the circuits is enabled via USB 2.0. The actual used physical CAN transmission is determined by the transceiver to be implemented by the developer.

  With the PCAN-USB X6, PEAK-System puts six CAN FD channels into a single aluminum casing. This allows the connection of several CAN FD and CAN busses via the USB port of a computer. The CAN busses are connected via D-Sub. The data bytes of CAN FD frames can be transmitted with up to 12 Mbit/s.

In cooperation with PEAK-System, the company EKF from Hamm, Germany, offers the carrier card SP4-0980-MAMBO for CompactPCI serial backplanes, applied, for example, to automotive test systems or industrial controls. With four CAN interfaces PCAN-miniPCIe from PEAK-System, the carrier card provides eight CAN channels at its front panel. They are galvanically isolated from the remaining circuits and against each other.

The professional Windows software PCAN-Explorer, a program for observation, control, and simulation of CAN busses, has been released as version 6. Besides CAN 2.0 A/B, the PCAN-Explorer 6 now also supports the CAN FD standard with up to 64 data bytes per CAN message. Another added feature is the playback of previously recorded CAN traces on a connected CAN bus.

The CAN FD standard for a faster CAN communication is now also made available by PEAK-System for computers using the PCI Express slot. The plug-in card PCAN-PCI Express FD has one or two CAN FD channels, depending on the model. Besides the nominal bitrate of up to 1 Mbit/s, the data bytes of CAN FD frames can be transmitted with up to 12 Mbit/s.

PEAK-System introduces new products at the embedded world 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. Two highlights at once are presented at the exhibition stand: the handheld PCAN-Diag FD and the professional Windows software PCAN-Explorer 6.

In order to use the LIN fieldbus in areas subject to explosion hazards or to electromagnetic susceptibility (e.g. during EMC measurements), PEAK-System has developed the PLIN-LWL.

The international standard SAE J2534 (Pass-Thru) defines the communication interface between Electronic Control Units (ECUs) and computer software being used for programming and diagnostics. PEAK-System has published an implementation of the PCAN-PassThru Application Programming Interface (API) standard for windows.